October - Tennessee Central Railway Museum

THE ORDER BOARD
Publication Of The
Cumberland Division SER-NMRA Inc
Tennessee Central Railway Museum
Nashville Chapter NRHS
Vol. 29 Issue 10
2009 Cumberland Div-TCRM Schedule
Excursion Train News
Oct 8 Home Schoolers Excursion Train
Oct 8 Thursday Night Meeting at TCRM Nashville TN
Oct 10 Super Fall Foliage Trip to Monterey Standing Stone Fall
Festival
Oct 12 Op Session LA&SL Ry Nolensville TN 6:30 pm- 9:30 pm
Oct 17 Super Fall Foliage Trip I to Cookeville
Oct 24 Super Fall Foliage Trip II to Cookeville
Oct 31 Op Session LA&SL Ry Nolensville TN 8:45a - 1:00 pm
Nov 7 NMRA Cumberland Division Meet at TCRM
Nov 7-15 HO Modular RR Setup Adventure Science Center
Nashville TN
Nov 14 Murder Mystery Excursion Train Trip to Watertown
Nov 28 North Pole Express Train Trip with Santa to Watertown
Dec 5 2 North Pole Express Train Trips with Santa to Lebanon
Dec 12 2 North Pole Express Train Trips with Santa to Lebanon
Program
Program for the October 8 Thursday Night Meeting will be a
report on Day Out With Thomas 2009 results plus a video from the
TCRM video library. Contact Terry Bebout 615-479-5758
[email protected] or Bob Hultman 615-833-5158
[email protected] if you want to present a program at our
Thursday Night Meetings.
Host Committee – October Meeting
Randy Williams Jay & Michelle Wilson
Hugh Wright
Steve Wright
Jim Adair
Trip Adkins
Nathan Baker
Adolfo Barros
Terry Bebout
George Benson
* - Committee Chair
Alex Wolfe
Nicho Young
Chip Austin
Brandon Baxter*
James Bilbrey
Music City Star Lakewood Trains
By Terry Bebout
The Music City Star will operate a demonstration commuter
train service from Lakewood to Riverfront station beginning Oct
13 running thru Oct 23. There will be one inbound trip departing
Lakewood City Hall at 7:10 am; the outbound trip departs Riverfront station at 5:10 pm. The trips on Oct 13 are free, while the
remaining trips are at normal fare.
By Bob Hultman
Our next trip is the Oct 8 homeschool trip, Donelson to Mt
Juliet & return. If you want to work this trip, notify Bob Hultman
at [email protected] or call 615-513-7187. We need to be at
TCRM by 8 am Thursday Oct 8 for the deadhead move to the
Donelson commuter train station.
Two day later we have our Monterey Fall Foliage Trip on
Saturday, Oct 10. Safety meeting starts on board diner 3119 at
6:30 am CDT the day of the trip. If you want to work this trip
please contact Bob Hultman at 615-833-5158 or cell 615-5137187 E-mail [email protected] or mark up on the crew sheet
at our Oct 8 Thursday Night Meeting.
TCRM Video Library
By Charles Owens
There are several videos that have been checked out of our
video library for quite a long time. If you have a video from our
library they can be returned to the Museum any time it is open.
Only thing I ask you to do is be sure and put my name on the
videos so I can be sure your name on the index card for that video
& can be shown that video has been returned. Also, whoever has
the video "Great Model Railroads by Allen Keller Vol. 59, it needs
to be returned. It was checked out before I made an index card for
it. I have misplaced that persons name. Thanks ahead of time for
your cooperation on this matter
Change in Policy – Excursion Train Ticket
Prices for TCRM Members
By Bob Hultman
Some weeks ago TCRM officers learned that some individuals
who were not TCRM members were buying excursion train tickets
for half price by joining TCRM as a member at the time they were
buying tickets. The half-price policy had been previously
published in issues of the Order Board for several consecutive
months in the 2nd half of 2008 and in the January 2009 issue. The
Board of Directors met and approved canceling the half-price
policy for TCRM members. Earning free tickets for volunteer
hours worked remains in place. If anyone has any questions
regarding this policy change, please contact Terry Bebout at 615479-5758 or [email protected]
HO Model RR News
Sick Call - Homer Thompson
By Bob Hultman
The HO modular RR is once again set up in the TCRM meeting
room; the RR is approximately 12’ wide and 44’ long. Many
thanks to several different members for their help in getting the RR
put together, leveled and running for the Oct 3 excursion train
passengers. Our next RR setup will be at Adventure Science Center in Nashville for a week, beginning Nov 7 and going through
Nov 15.
Reported by Ernest Thompson
Homer Thompson is slowly recovering and gaining strength at
home. He looks forward to resuming his car hosting on TCRM
excursion trains. His address is 359 Ocala Dr in Nashville TN
37211-6147 if you’d like to send him a card.
Thursday Night Meeting – TCRM Willow St Nashville TN 6:30 pm October 8, 2009
Steam Institute’s Car Host Cap
By Bob Hultman
TCRM member Hugh Lowe asked that a notice appear in this
issue of The Order Board regarding a special order of the Steam
Institute’s Car Host Cap. Maurie Shattuck called Hugh last week
to see if there was any interest in a bulk order for the cap. Maurie
said he could get one cap on a special order for $25.00 or at some
lower rate for an order of ten or more. He ordered the first caps
specifically for the Railfest 2009 volunteers- Maurie Shattuck 989723-2491 www.shattuckadv.com
Hugh will have photos of the cap at our meeting.
2008 Financial Audit Complete
By Terry Bebout
The annual audit of Cumberland Division SER-NMRA Inc and
Tennessee Central Railway Museum performed by Frazier, Dean
and Howard, PLLC is complete for calendar year 2008 and is
available to any member that would like a copy. Please contact
Allen Hicks or myself if you want a copy.